# used car dealer talk **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [October 30, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/used-car-dealer-talk/267908 "2013-10-30T11:50:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![BDSKJChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@BDSKJChris](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BDSKJChris)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/used-car-dealer-talk/267908/13 "2013-10-31T07:46:32Z")
> [@FS: 2000 Audi A4 Avant (bad tranny)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2000-audi-a4-avant-bad-tranny/53576/10): > > #1, its not called “hacking” …“hacking” is a short cut, different from the right way to repair a vehicle… Adding a peice of metal to a $250 subframe instead of replacing it with a new one is “hacking” > > #2 Im not about nor would I ever be about “hacking” …I choose to buy a $60 jerry brown bumper thats already black then buy a new one for $120, pay for paint and materials and have the labor involved when it can be used to do something else… I’d rather buy a used alternator for $40-60 with a warranty rather then a $200-250 one… I’d rather buy a junkyard transmission for $300 then to rebuild one at aamco for $1,500… dont get me wrong, i was not calling you a hack or trying to say anything negative about your business,i was just giving my insight from personal experience. the examples you gave are not hack work, i would say they are smart business decisions right now given the economy and the fact that you are a new dealer, but i would recommend that as your business grows and you start selling better cars worth more money to people who are looking for a good vehicle, to step up to remanned or new parts (junkyard body stuff is fine though as long as it’s in good condition), simply because if you build a reputation with your customers for going the extra mile to have better quality parts…your business will grow and be much more successful than if you were putting junkyard parts on cars you plan on selling for a 4,000 or 5,000 dollar markup…you obviously know your shit when it comes to making money, i’ve just been seeing the place i used to work for struggle for about 6 years now and the owner is doing shit just as cheap today as he did when he first started out, (it worked for him then but now that people expect more it’s not working out too well and he’s beeni dumping money into the business to keep it from failing completely) --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/used-car-dealer-talk/267908)._